I'm full of ups and downs lately,  but I'm doing pretty well right now. Just recovered from another bad cold...those always come when you really can't handle them...but whatever, I almost get used to that, lol.

Today I went to meet with my thesis supervisor to talk about my last thesis chapter. Luckily she really liked it, and even thought I'd make an excellent psychologist...lol. I don't even study Psychology...but my thesis is about Trauma and Memory in Elie Wiesel's novels, so it makes sense in a way :) I thought it was a nice compliment to get :) All is left now is writing my conclusion...the end is near! (in a good way, haha)

I also got an invitation to a jobinterview this upcoming Monday...I'm very scared and very excited at the same time. It took me so long to get another interview I'm scared to even mention it here...haha. But we'll see. If I get the job, I'll tell you more about it. For now, I'll just leave it at this. I don't want to get all hyped up again for nothing ;) I'll just wait and see what happens, so if I get a rejection, I can deal with it easier ;)

The last few months my parents, sister and I have been busy with a secret project :) We've been making all these handmade lifestyle/decoration items and I made a website where we are selling them. My mom makes bags, I am crocheting hats and other ascessoires, my sister is knitting, and my dad is planning to work with wood, but his project isn't finished yet (he's making book standards, wooden pictureframes etc.). We also have some products that are not handmade, but just lovely to decorate your home with :) I know it is all in Dutch, but you might want to take a look anyway, to see what we've been working on :) Let me know what you think!

http://www.ylalifestyle.nl

I'm really trying to stay positive here, but it's a tiny bit hard for me the last week. There were some awful things going on in my environment, but I don't feel like whining here on my blog for the rest of my life. So let's stick to the good things.

I went to see Avatar last week in 3D and OMG what an awesome movie is that!!!!!! If you haven't seen it yet, go check it out! It's one of the best movies I ever saw in my entire life. And I've seen many movies, so this is a big statement :) I loved Pandora, such a beautiful world with wonderful traditions and beliefs. I totally would want to live there if it was possible!

I've also been reading Anne Frank's diary. There was this tv show called 'the reunion' on tv, where they invited the class of Anne Frank from her brief highschool experience to talk about their lives before the war, their memories of Anne, their war experiences and their lives afterwards. I must add, only the people who survived the war, since half of her class was murdered in one of the concentration camps :( It was such a beautiful thing to hear these people talk about their lives and how they managed to stay positive after losing so many friends and familymembers. I read the book when I was like 13 or so, but I got intrigued again and got it from the library. It's been a really long time since I've read something in Dutch,  I don't like translations and since I mostly like American/English literature I tend to only read in English. But this is quite a nice experience actually, to read in my motherlanguage again :)

Oh and I just discovered the TV series Fringe yesterday. At first I was totally grossed out by it, but for some reason I couldn't stop watching and the first episode ended up being awesome! So I downloaded the second episode and am now waiting for the first season to be done downloading haha. Another reason that I had to keep on watching it is because Joshua Jackson (PACEY!!!!! lol) is in it. I will wait with watching more episodes though, because Thomas wants to watch it with me.

Tomorrow Thomas and I are going to a barbecue organized by his boss. Isn't that just awesome? It's mid winter, it's snowy, freezing and I'll be going to a barbecue hahaha. I think it's hilarious :) Sunday there's this High Tea that I am going to with a bunch of friends, so it's gonna be a busy, but fun weekend :)

Happy New Year everybody! 2009 has been a pretty hectic, chaotic and weird year for me. I moved several times from my dorm in Nijmegen to live with Thomas in his appartment in Smeermaas (Belgium), and back home to Lochem to live with my parents. Right now I feel like I'm in this 'in between' phases where everything is on hold. I still have to finish my thesis and graduate, I still haven't found a job, Thomas appartment still hasn't been sold, obviously therefore we still haven't bought a house of our own. I'm still waiting on my luck to turn around in favor of me....Thus, I really really hope that 2010 will be MY (and Thomas') year!

I literally almost can't wait anymore before all the good things will start to happen, so I can move forward in life and start a life of my own. Right now I feel like I'm stuck right back where I began when I was still in highschool haha. Like I haven't been to university, like I haven't moved out, like I haven't lived together with my boyfriend. But....I am not sad or depressed, I actually feel that the upcoming year will be full of good times and surprises. So 2010, let's get started!!!! :)